Memorial

Monks Kirby and Stretton under Fosse

Monks Kirby and Stretton under Fosse War Memorial.

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Current Location

Adjacent to village school,, Monks Kirby and Stretton War Memorial, Brockhurst Lane, Monks Kirby, Rugby, Warwickshire, CV23 0RA, England

SP 46687 83084

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 19334
Description: The memorial is sited on a grassed corner between Brockhurst Rd, and a spurred side road, close to the village school. Two-stepped base surmounted by square stone plinth. Tapering square shaft with wheel cross. Incised inscription and names tablets on side faces of plinth. In 1997, inscribed tablets were added to the sides of the plinth, incorporating a request from the neighbouring village of Stretton under Fosse that names be also included as no memorial exists in their village.
Inscription: 6 o'clock face : IN HONOURED MEMORY / OF THOSE FROM / MONKS KIRBY / AND / STRETTON-UNDER-FOSSE / WHO DIED IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / THAT BRITAIN MIGHT / REMAIN FREE 9 o'clock face : MONKS KIRBY / (10 NAMES) 3 o'clock face : (3 NAMES) / STRETTON-UNDER-FOSSE / (4 NAMES) 12 o'clock face : 1939 - 1945 / MONKS KIRBY / (3 NAMES) / STRETTON-UNDER-FOSSE / (2 NAMES) / These tablets were erected by public / subscription in 1997 to ensure that / the original lettering be recorded / for posterity.

Sponsor Type: public
Maintenance History: 1997: Due to erosion of existing inscriptions on plinth, new tablets were mounted onto sides of plinth to replicate inscriptions & names. Stretton-under-Fosse names were added at this time.

Unveiled

26th June 1921

Major-General Sir Geoffrey Feilding.